Friday Buffet: The demise of 38 Studios and Big Huge Games

Source: Baltimore Sun

On Thursday, the entire staffs of 38 Studios and Big Huge Games were given pink slips. The company, which released “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning” (which I reviewed in February), was in partnership with the state of Rhode ...
Full article at: Baltimore Sun  More like this  1 hour ago

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38 Studios Tickling Death’s Sickle Arm

Source: MMO Crunch

This is likely as close as we'll ever get to being in Amalur again. The news was bad yesterday, but rumors coming from a local mass media station (!) in the area has made it oh, so much worse. According to Joystiq and Fox New ...
Full article at: MMO Crunch  More like this  3 hours ago

Diverse Dragon’s Dogma review scores

Source: In Entertainment

Recent reviews of Dragon’s Dogma has shown a mixed response especially where scores are concerned, and many respected game sites are mentioned with likes of Games Informer awarding high scores of 85 whereas others l ...
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MonkeyPaw on the educational upside of Class of Heroes 2 Kickstarter

Source: Joystiq

MonkeyPaw Games recently experimented with Kickstarter for a physical deluxe edition of the PSP game, Class of Heroes 2 . The funding drive ended with $96,951 raised of the company's $500,000 goal. " Our Kickstarter for Class of Heroes 2 d ...
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38 Studios, Big Huge Games Lay Off Staffs

Source: Got Game News

The unfortunate saga of 38 Studios and Big Huge Games has come to an end today. The entire staff of 379 full-time employees were laid off, WPRI reports. The station received an internal memo that reads: “The Company is experien ...
Full article at: Got Game News  More like this  13 hours ago

Kingdoms of Amalur needed 3 million sales 'to break even,' RI governor says

Source: Shacknews

One of the last tweets from Curt Schilling before his game studios, Big Huge Games and 38 Studios, collapsed talked up sales of their first title, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. "Reckoning, 38 Studios first game, has outperform ...
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Our own Alexander Sliwinski talks 38 Studios with Fox 25 News

Source: Joystiq

Here at Joystiq, we spend most of our time hunched over laptops pumping out a steady stream of news for you to consume. But every now and again, one of us is ripped out from behind the comfort of our mobile workplace to talk gaming news with a mains ...
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Reports: 'Kingdoms of Amalur' studios lay off staff

Source: USA Today

38 Studios, led by Curt Schilling, and Big Huge Games appear to be shutting down with their respective staffs being laid off, according to various reports across the video game blogsphere. As sites such as The Verge and Joystiq posted the news, notes ...
Full article at: USA Today  More like this  19 hours ago, 6:53pm CDT

38 Studios Lays Off Entire Staff at RI and MD Studios

Source: Game Politics

According to this Joystiq report 38 Studios has laid off its entire staff across both is Providence, Rhode Island studio and its Bug Huge Games studio in Baltimore, Maryland. An internal memo obtained by news station WPRI re ...
Full article at: Game Politics  More like this  21 hours ago, 5:41pm CDT